i miss you edward!

Yes, he was in our house for a week for me to enjoy. Then I had to give him to Izzy for her 12th birthday. Whatever. I think he would rather be here. He misses me.

Actually, he scared the crap out of me every time a turned the corner into that room. And my husband deserves some praise, because he is the one who purchased him in the mall and carried him around. He looked cool. He got stares. I loved it! He hated it.

You'd better treat him right Izzy, or we will come rescue him.

wine fest 09

So every year for Megan's birthday we (the coolest group ever!!) go to the winery's for a day. Always a good time. Last year we were asked to leave our final stop of the day due to rowdiness. Um, oops. Then I barely made it inside my house before I barfed everywhere. Classy. To make it even more fun, the next day was Easter and I got to play hung over Easter bunny. Fun. I didn't go to get drunk but for some reason, I got snockered.

This year was a little less "spirited" (pun intended) but no less fun. I managed to control myself and stayed relatively sober. We rented a hummer limo, hit 3 winery's, and had a ball. Thanks for a wonderful day everyone!

p.s. - the guy in the blue...Fisher...is Rob Pattinson's manager....as in EDWARD from TWILIGHT. I think I made a fool of myself with all my questions. I am a little embarrased, but I mean, he actually knows him! Very cool.

coloring muscles

Ellie has been huge into coloring lately. HUGE! So that means I have been huge into coloring lately.

"You want to color with me, right mommy?"

How do you say no to that?

The only problem is, my coloring muscles are out of shape.

Coloring muscles? you ask...

Yes, coloring muscles. Apparently lots of forearm work is involved in coloring and my forearms are weak! I have been slowly building those muscles up with all of our coloring sessions. Now I can get through a whole page without stopping to shake out my arm.

Am I the only one who believes this? Am I crazy? Or do I just have pathetic forearms??

Some of our latest collaborative works.

Speaking of muscles...I ran in a 5 mile race on Saturday and ran the whole thing! In 55 minutes. And there were some bitchin' hills. Yea me! As small a thing as this is, it was a HUGE accomplishment for me. Thanks to my friends Jen and Megan for keeping me motivated! And to Chris for letting me run at night even though he doesn't think it's safe. My next race (a nice, simple 5k,) is April 25th. I think I am hooked.

a sunny day

It was so nice out today. We spent the whole morning outside. The park is finally open (we totally lied to Ellie and told her the park was closed over the winter, you do this too, right? Outright lie to your kids??) so we headed down there to play.

We swung.

We slid.

We pulled the wagon home.

We chalked.

We lunched. I had a bite to make sure it wasn't poisionous. It wasn't.

We soaked up the sun.

We ran.

We funny faced.

We kissed.

What a good day! Happy St. Patricks Day!

we're getting closer

We spotted these little lovelies at the zoo yesterday afternoon. It's been beautiful the last few days and we are soaking it up!

ER

For those of you that gave up on ER a few years ago (because I agree, it went through a really rough patch), you should kick yourselves right now.

This season, the last, is just so good. They way they are bringing everyone back is really cool, and I don't think I have made it through an episode yet without shedding a tear. Still the best show on tv and it has been for 15 years.

So good.

Go ahead, kick yourself.

You deserve it.

boo boo elephant, STAT!

So, we have this little elephant we keep in the freezer for boo boo emergencies.

We had an emergency today.

We were sitting on the front steps using sidewalk chalk (we like to leave messages for the mailman) and Ellie fell face first onto the concrete from the second step.

I can still hear that horrible thud.

I expected missing teeth, a bloody something, and a concussion.

My heart stopped for at least 5 minutes.

I even called the doctor, who kindly told me what to look for, which Ellie had none of.

Kids are resiliant.



Offically the worst. mother. ever.